Product Finance & Strategy Manager
About The Position
The Product Finance & Strategy team plays a critical role in driving Nextdoor's growth. We partner across the business to develop frameworks and strategies, allocate resources efficiently, and build long-range forecasts. We're hiring a Product Finance & Strategy Manager to help guide strategic decision-making across our product portfolio. You'll collaborate with Product, Data Science, Engineering, User Research, and Design to identify key trends and inform how we scale our platform. This is a high-impact role where you'll be applying rigorous analytics to inform strategy. In this role, you will: Product investments: Support strategic initiatives and new product launches by conducting opportunity sizing, developing business case, and evaluating impact on Nextdoor product portfolio Insight discovery: Analyze data to assess ecosystem health, identify risks and opportunities, and deliver actionable recommendations to senior leadership Forecasting: Lead quarterly outlook process for forecasting user growth and neighbor engagement Performance management: Establish and manage key metrics underpinning product performance; monitor, analyze, and report on these metrics to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence Investor Relations: Develop executive and Board-facing materials, contributing to earnings narratives and strategic updates Participate in in-person Nextdoor events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team building exercises Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to Nextdoor's company culture
Requirements
- Experience: 3-6 years in analytical or strategic roles (e.g., BizOps, Strategy, Consulting, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Investment Banking, Data Science)
- Analytical Rigor: Proficiency with large datasets and tools such as Databricks and Looker. Ability to conduct deep-dive analyses and derive strategic insights
- Modeling skills: Experience building financial models (product P&Ls, operating forecasts)
- Communication: Exceptional storytelling and presentation skills, ability to distill technical concepts and ambiguous trends into actionable insights for diverse stakeholders across functional areas and levels of seniority
- Mindset: A bias towards action, strong work ethic, with superb product and business sense
- Eagerness to explore and apply AI and emerging technologies to reimagine how work gets done
Responsibilities
- Product investments: Support strategic initiatives and new product launches by conducting opportunity sizing, developing business case, and evaluating impact on Nextdoor product portfolio
- Insight discovery: Analyze data to assess ecosystem health, identify risks and opportunities, and deliver actionable recommendations to senior leadership
- Forecasting: Lead quarterly outlook process for forecasting user growth and neighbor engagement
- Performance management: Establish and manage key metrics underpinning product performance; monitor, analyze, and report on these metrics to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence
- Investor Relations: Develop executive and Board-facing materials, contributing to earnings narratives and strategic updates
- Participate in in-person Nextdoor events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team building exercises
- Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to Nextdoor's company culture
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
